Cooperman to Cooperperson: LI woman’s historic name change

<p>Smithtown’s Ellen Cooperperson won a precedent-setting case in 1978 when she changed her last name. </p>

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Cooperman to Cooperperson: LI woman’s historic name change

<p>Smithtown’s Ellen Cooperperson won a precedent-setting case in 1978 when she changed her last name. </p>

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Cooperman to Cooperperson: LI woman’s historic name change

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<p>Smithtown’s Ellen Cooperperson won a precedent-setting case in 1978 when she changed her last name. </p>